Seal



dy ORNEY INVENTORS MARK RUB/NOFF 4N W/unn ARrzr ATT W. ARTZT ETAL SEAL Filed March 17, 1944 June 24, i947.

'Patented June 24,1947

` SEAL William Artzt, New Rochelle, and Mark Rubinoff, New York, N. Y., assignors to Sealtag, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 17, 1944, Serial No. 526,979 6 claims. (o1. 292-307) This invention relates to improvements in seals and is particularly directed to seals for preventing the unauthorized separation of two or more articles.

More specifically the invention is directed to the type of seals generally employed in the sale of garments, where it is desired to prevent a purchaser from taking a garment home, wearing the same in public and then returning the worn garment to the vendor. In such use a seal, or a sealed tag isattached in a prominent place on the garment and cannot be removed without mutilation. Y

One of the objects of the present invention resides in the provision of a seal which is inexpensive to manufacture and which can readily be attached to a garment or other article.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a string, wire or other lament one end of which is permanently secured to the seal and the other end provided with a needle for facilitatn ing the application thereof to a garment.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a seal adapted to receive the needle carried on the free end of the string, after the same has been passed through a garment or other article, whereby the ends of the loop formed by the string will be securely locked in the seal in such a manner that the seal can not be removed without mutilating the seal or the string.

Other objects` of the present invention will be manifest from the following description andfthe accompanying drawing, in which drawing:

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevational view of our improved seal;v

Fig, 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l

Fig. 4 is a plan view, on a reduced scale, of a blank from Which the seal is made;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of one end of a` the blank designated 2D will be referred to as the front Wall and the portion designated 22 as the rear wall. The front wall is provided with side flanges 24 and 26 and the rear Wall is provided With side flanges 28 and 30. These flanges are bent inwardly at right angles to the planes of their respective walls and the walls are folded upon themselves along the dot anddash lines 32 and 34 respectively to provide an end wall 35. This end wall is provided with a central aperture 38, having a flange 4l), as more clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tab I8 on the rear wall has an aperture designated 42 formed therein, the purpose of which will be described presently. The tab I6 of the front wall has an aperture 46 provided with a ilange 44 and a circular groove or depression 4B surrounding the aperture and provided with a radial groove extending to the end of the tab.

When the walls are folded over upon each other as hereinbefore -mentioned the anges of each wall overlap the flanges of the other as shown in Fig. 2, and the flange 44 in the tab I6 of the front wall passes through the aperture 42 in the tab I8 of the rear wall as shown in Fig. 2. One end of a string 50 is placed in the groove 48 as shown in Fig. l and the ange 44 is clinched over the rear Wall as shown in Fig. 2 whereby the string is securely held between the tabs I6 and I8,

The other end of the string 50 is provided with a needle 52. As will be seen from Fig. 1 the needle comprises a pointed portion 56 and a tubular portion 54 in which the end of the string is securely held by crimping the same thereover.

When it is desired to attach the seal to a garment or other article 58 the needle is 'passed through the article and then inserted into the seal through the orifice 38 which is only of sufficient diameter to permit the needle and string to pass therethrough. Once the needle has thus been inserted in the seal it will be appreciated that it will be impossible to remove the same therefrom. Should an attempt be made to remove the needle by pulling on the string, the needle will move to the dotted line position, shown in Fig. 1, and will be restrained against removal by the llange 40 as well as by the restricted size of the orifice 38.

If it is desired t0 attach a tag, in addition to the seal, to thergarment or article, the needle either before or after it is passed through the garment may be passed through a tag (not shown). l V i -As will be appreciated the crimping or riveting tudinal groove 62 for receiving the end of the string 64. Tab 66 on the rear wall in this form is slightly longer than the tab 68 on the front wall. After the end of the string to. be anchored. is placed in the groove 62 the end' of! the tab 66 is folded over upon the tab (58l ofthe front wall to securely clamp the end of the string to the.

seal.

With respect to the embodiment illustrated. in Figs. 7 and 8 the seal comprises front and rear walls 10.- and l2 respectively-A eachhaving@ side anges M and 16 respectively overlappedA whenthe sealv is formed in the same manner as inthe form illustrated Figs. 1 to 4- inclusive. The topland bottom rwalls 1,8 and 80; are provided with orifices 9r2fy and 84; respectively-. The` ori.l ce 811 is adapted toI receive the: end O a stringI 86 to be anchored which. is, threaded therethrough before the` walls are fgoldecl` upon them. selves and is provided with a. knot; 88; whereby to anchor the same in theI seal,l

The front and rear wallsA each haye a` flange 96 and 9 3 struck; inwardly to. provide spring members, for the purpose to be described presently.

The, free end of thestring 8 6; carries aneedle 94 similar tothaty shown inEig. 1.

As will be seen from the drawing the. flanges or springmembers Sii and. 98 normally have their inner edges` about in vertical. alignment with each other. As the needle is inserted` through the orifice- 82 it; is forced. past these members, which yield to, permitl passage of.` the needle, so: that ythe needle, when completely inserted, is thrown to` one side asY shown in Fig. 7 whereby the. same cannot beremoved from the seal.

It willi be appreciated that the present invention provides, an effect-ive seal? which is tamperproof, economical and readily attachedto a garment or other article.

The importance ofhaving the fron-t and rear walls securely and. irremovably attached tov each other will be appreciated sincethe separation of the walls would permit the removal of thev str-ing'. However, while we haverillustrated and described certain' embodimentsY of securing mea-ns, it is to be understood: that the present invention is not limited tosuch` securing means asv obviously Ithe walls may beseoured byfwelding, soldering, rivetingAV or in many other wayswithin thel scope of the present invention.

Itis to=be understood that while we. havev illustrated and' describedv other structural embodi-l ments ofA` our invention we dov notwish tobe-limitedtotheseprecise structures as obviously various changes and modificationsl may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention.

What we claim is.:

1. A seal comprising an elongated hollow'body member comprising; spaced: front and rear mem bers provided with overlapping flanges along their edges and an integral connection between one` pair of( ends of said; members constituting an end wall of said body member, said end wall being provided with a needle orice, the other pair of ends of said members extending beyond the ends of said flanges and in overlapping engagement with each other, a iilament having one of its ends lying between said overlapping ends, means securing said overlapping ends together and securing said endv of said iilainent therebetween, a needle carried by the other end of said lament and adapted to be passed through said needle orifice into said body member, and means constituting a portion of said body member for preventing withdrawal of said needle from saidbody member.

2. A seal comprising an elongated hollow body member comprising. spaced front and rear members provided with overlapping iianges along their edges and an integral connection between one pair of ends of said members constituting an end wall of said body member, said end wall being provided with a needle oriiice, the other pair of ends of said; membersl extending beyond the ends ot said flanges and. in; overlapping engagement with each other, a filament havingI one of its ends. lying between said overlappingends, means securing said overlapping ends together and securing said end, of said filament therebetween, a needlev carried by the; other endof said filament and adapted to be,v passedthrough said needle orice into said body member, and means preventing withdrawal of said needle from said body member, one of said overlapping endsl being provided with an opening, said securing means comprising a hollow; projectionA on; the other of said overlappingr ends encircledby said one end of said lament andi extending; through said last, mentioned opening and spun; against the outery 'face of` the rst mentionedoverlapping end, wherebyto; secure/said filament; between said overlapping ends.

3. A seal; comprising. an elongated hollow; body member comprising spaced front and rear members provided. Withl overlapping flanges along their edges anct an integral connection between one pairof endsv ofsaid members constituting an end Wall of. said body member, said end wall being; providedA with a needle oriee, the other pair or ends; off said members extending beyond the end` of said. flanges andI in overlapping engagementwith. eachother, a filamenthaving one ot its` ends. lyingbetween said` overlapping ends, means. securing said; overlapping ends together and securing' one end of said lament therebetween, a needle carried bythe other end of said filament and adapted to be passedrthrough said needle orilice into said body-member, means preventing withdrawal of said needlefrom said body member, one of said' overlapping ends-being provided with an opening, said securing means'comprising a, tubular flange-on the other offsaid overlapping ends extending through saidlast menA tioned opening and. spun against the outer face of said first mentioned overlappingend, and a groove surrounding said. projection having said one end4 off said filament disposed therein and provided with an extension formed'. in said second mentioned overlapping endhavingsaid. filament extending therethrough. f

4; In a seal: comprisingl a hollow body member provided@ with: a needle orifice, a lamen-t attached to said bodyA member, 'an elongated' needle connected tov an endlY of said filament,` and means within. sai'd body memberY for tilting said'r needle out of alignment with saidorifice, said/means comprising yieldabler opposed projections on opposite sides of said body member terminating substantially in alignment with each other and said orice.

5. A seal comprising a hollow elongated body member having front and rear Walls, tabs formed on said walls at one end thereof, cooperating means on said tabs for securing said Walls to each other, side anges on each of said Walls to provide closed side Walls, an end Wall at the other end of said walls and having an aperture therein, a filament, a needle carried 'by one end of said filament and adapted to be inserted through said aperture and being constructed and. arranged to be completely disposed in said body member, said front and rear wall securing means also anchoring the other end of said filament to said body member, and means for retaining said needle in said body member.

6. A seal comprising a hollow elongated body member having front and rear Walls, a portion of one of said Walls being folded over upon and secured to a portion of the other of said Walls, said portions being at one end of said body member, side anges on each of said Walls overlapping each other to provide closed sides, an end wall at the other end of said body member having an aperture therein, a filament, a needle carried by one end of said filament and adapted to pass through said aperture and constructed and arranged to be disposed completely in said body member, the other end of said filament being secured to said body member between said portions of said first mentioned Walls, and means formed in said body member for retaining said needle in said body member.

WILLIAM ARTZT.

MARK RUBINOFF.

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